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TL-SC3171G
Wireless Day/Night Surveillance Camera
REV: 1.0.1 1910010431
COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS
Specifications are subject to change without notice. 
is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Copyright © 2010 TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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FCC STATEMENT
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pro-vide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not in-stalled and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
¾Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
¾Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
¾Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
¾Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV technician for help.
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1)This device may not cause harmful interference.
2)This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Note: The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or tv interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
CE Mark Warning
This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
CONTENTS
Package Contents......................................................................................................................... |
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Chapter 1 Minimum System Requirements............................................................................. |
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Chapter 2 |
Physical Overview.................................................................................................... |
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Front View ...................................................................................................................... |
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Bottom view.................................................................................................................... |
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Chapter 3 Using IP Camera via Web Browser......................................................................... |
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Obtain the IP Address .................................................................................................... |
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Windows Web Browser .................................................................................................. |
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Mac Web Browser .......................................................................................................... |
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Chapter 4 Operating IP Camera via Mobile Phone................................................................ |
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4.1 |
3G Streaming Mobile View Mode ................................................................................. |
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3G Mobile Phone Streaming Viewing................................................................... |
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2.5G Mobile Phone WAP Viewing ........................................................................ |
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2.5G Mobile Phone Browser Viewing................................................................... |
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Using IP Camera via iPhone ........................................................................................ |
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Chapter 5 Configuration of Main Menu.................................................................................. |
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Live View...................................................................................................................... |
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5.1.1 |
Snapshot.............................................................................................................. |
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5.1.2 |
Zoom in/out the image via the monitor window .................................................... |
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5.1.1 |
Video play buttons................................................................................................ |
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5.1.2 |
Audio buttons ....................................................................................................... |
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5.2 |
Setting.......................................................................................................................... |
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5.3 |
Client Setting................................................................................................................ |
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5.3.1 |
Mode .................................................................................................................... |
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5.3.2 |
View Size ............................................................................................................. |
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5.3.3 |
Protocol................................................................................................................ |
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5.3.4 |
Video Buffer ......................................................................................................... |
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5.4 |
Image Setup................................................................................................................. |
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5.4.1 |
Brightness ............................................................................................................ |
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5.4.2 |
Contrast ............................................................................................................... |
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5.4.3 |
Saturation............................................................................................................. |
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5.4.4 |
Hue ...................................................................................................................... |
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5.4.5 |
Default.................................................................................................................. |
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Chapter 6 |
Setting-BASIC......................................................................................................... |
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6.1 |
System ......................................................................................................................... |
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6.1.1 |
Information ........................................................................................................... |
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6.1.2 |
Date/Time............................................................................................................. |
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6.1.3 |
Initialize ................................................................................................................ |
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6.2 |
Camera ........................................................................................................................ |
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6.2.1 |
General ................................................................................................................ |
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6.2.2 |
MPEG4 ................................................................................................................ |
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6.2.3 |
MJPEG................................................................................................................. |
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6.3 |
Network ........................................................................................................................ |
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6.3.1 |
Information ........................................................................................................... |
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6.3.2 |
PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet).................................................... |
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6.3.3 |
DDNS (Dynamic DNS) ......................................................................................... |
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UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) .......................................................................... |
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6.3.5 |
Bonjour................................................................................................................. |
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6.3.6 |
IP Notification....................................................................................................... |
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6.3.7 |
Wireless ............................................................................................................... |
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6.3.8 |
Messenger ........................................................................................................... |
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6.4 |
Security ........................................................................................................................ |
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6.4.1 |
Account ................................................................................................................ |
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6.4.2 |
HTTPS ................................................................................................................. |
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Chapter 7 |
Setting-Advance..................................................................................................... |
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7.1 |
FTP client ..................................................................................................................... |
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7.1.1 |
General ................................................................................................................ |
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7.1.2 |
Alarm sending ...................................................................................................... |
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7.1.3 |
Periodical sending................................................................................................ |
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7.2 |
SMTP ........................................................................................................................... |
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7.2.1 |
General ................................................................................................................ |
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7.2.2 |
Alarm sending ...................................................................................................... |
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7.2.3 |
Periodical sending................................................................................................ |
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7.3 |
HTTP event .................................................................................................................. |
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7.3.1 |
General ................................................................................................................ |
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7.3.2 |
Alarm sending ...................................................................................................... |
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7.4 |
Alarm output................................................................................................................. |
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7.4.1 |
Setting.................................................................................................................. |
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7.5 |
Schedule ...................................................................................................................... |
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7.5.1 |
Setting.................................................................................................................. |
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7.6 |
Alarm input ................................................................................................................... |
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7.6.1 |
Setting.................................................................................................................. |
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7.7 |
Motion detection........................................................................................................... |
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7.7.1 |
Setting.................................................................................................................. |
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7.8 |
System Log .................................................................................................................. |
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7.8.1 |
Setting.................................................................................................................. |
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Appendix |
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FAQ .............................................................................................................................................. |
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Package Contents
The follow items should be found in your package:
¾TL-SC3171G Wireless Day/Night Surveillance Camera
¾Power Adapter
¾Mounting Bracket with three screws, a Lock Ring, a Brace and a Base Plate
¾RJ45 Cable
¾Quick Installation Guide
¾Resource CD, including: z This User Guide
z Application Guide
z Other helpful information
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Make sure that the package contains the above items. If any of the listed items are damaged or missing, please contact your distributor.
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Chapter 1 Minimum System Requirements
We strongly recommend your computers follow our minimum requirements in order to use this IP-Camera normally. If your computer doesn’t meet these requirements below, it might cause some problems.
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Windows OS: Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Maxthon |
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1)If you are using Windows 98 or Windows ME, please install IP Installer before using WEB UI to ensure the system runs normally.
2)If you can't view the record video file, please install Xvid codec while installing Intelligent IP Installer. (For Windows 98, ME or 2000 server, the codec might not work properly. You’ll need to download Xvid codec 1.0 from the Internet.)
3)Please always update the latest Windows component. (Net Framework, Windows Media Player, Enhance ActiveX Security)
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Chapter 2 Physical Overview
2.1Front View
Focus Adjustment Ring
Built-in Microphone
Figure 2-1
Focus Adjustment Ring: Adjust the focus to get a clear image.
Built-in Microphone: Built-in microphone for two-way audio.
2.2Bottom view
Wireless Antenna |
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Power Connector |
Network Connector
Reset 
I/O Terminal Connector
Power LED Indicator
Figure 2-2
Wireless Antenna: For connection of IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network.
Audio In: To support audio in with Microphone for two way audio.
Audio Out: To support audio out with earphones or speakers for two way audio.
Power Connector: For connection of 12V DC input.
Power LED Indicator: Power LED will light up after completing the boot process.
Reset: To successfully restore the camera to factory defaults, please keep the device powered on,
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then press and hold the Reset Button for at least 10 seconds. The CPU of the camera starts to work completely 1 minute after you release the Reset button.
I/O Terminal Connector: Input/Output to support External Alarm and Sensor used for motion detection, event triggering and alarm notification, etc.
Network Connector: For connection to the Ethernet via RJ45 standard.
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Chapter 3 Using IP Camera via Web Browser
3.1Obtain the IP Address
1.Insert the provided CD into your CD-ROM driver. The Setup Wizard will automatically pop up on your computer’s screen as shown in the figure below.
Figure 3-1
2.Choose the Intelligent IP Installer, and then the next screen appears. Click on Intelligent IP Installer to begin the installation.
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Figure 3-2
3.After the installation is finished, click Start > Program Files > TP-LINK >Intelligent IP Installer to start using the program.
Figure 3-3
4.The following screen will then display. Click the Search button to search Network Cameras in the network; it displays Network Cameras information including IP Address.
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Figure 3-4
3.2Windows Web Browser
1.Click Link to IE button in Figure 3-4 or launch your web browser, and enter the IP address (obtain from Figure 3-4Figure 3-4) of the IP camera in the Location / Address field of your browser.
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1)For the first time login with IE, you will need to enable “Download signed ActiveX controls”. Please go to Tool→Internet Options…→Security→Custom Level… and find Download signed ActiveV controls to prompt it. For detailed information, please refer to the Quick Installation Guide.
2)If you only want to view the video without setting page, enter “http://<IP>/index2.htm” as your web URL . For example, you can enter “http://192.168.1.100/index2.htm” as your web URL to view the video without setting page.
2.Enter the default User name “admin” and password “admin” in the login window as shown
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below.
Figure 3-5
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The default User name “admin” and Password “admin” are set at the factory for the administrator. You can change them in the Account Menu (Please check “SETTING → BASIC → Security → Account”).
3.The web-based management page will display on your screen. On the leftmost column of the web-based management page are Setting, Client Setting, and Image Setup. For more details, you can refer to Section 5.2 Setting, Section 5.3 Client Setting and Section 5.4 Image Setup.
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3.3Mac Web Browser
1.Click the Safari icon on the screen as the figure below shown, and enter the IP address of the IP camera (which can be obtained from Figure 3-4) in the Location / Address field of your browser.
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If you only want to view the video without setting page, enter “http://<IP>/index2.htm” as your web URL. For example, you can enter “http://192.168.1.100/index2.htm” as your web URL to view the video without setting page.
Figure 3-7
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2.Enter the default User name “admin” and password “admin” in the dialog box as shown below.
Figure 3-8
)Note:
The default Name “admin” and Password “admin” are set at the factory for the administrator. You can change them in the Account Menu (Please check “SETTING → BASIC → Security → Account”).
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3.The web-based management page will be display on your screen. In the leftmost column of the web-based management page are Setting, Client Setting, and Image Setup. For more details, you can refer to Section 5.2, Section 5.3 and Section 5.4.
Figure 3-9
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Chapter 4 Operating IP Camera via Mobile Phone
4.13G Streaming Mobile View Mode
4.1.1 3G Mobile Phone Streaming Viewing
For 3G mobile phone viewing, type “rtsp://<IP>:<PORT>/video.3gp ” into your 3G Streaming Link. <IP> is the Public IP address of your IP camera; <PORT> is the RTSP port of your IP camera (Default value is 554.) Example: rtsp://100.10.10.1:554/video.3gp
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You can also use RTSP clients (RealPlayer, VLC, QuickTime Player…etc.) to view RTSP streaming, just type in “rtsp://<IP>:<PORT>/video.3gp” as the Player URL.
4.1.22.5G Mobile Phone WAP Viewing
For 2.5G mobile phone viewing, type “http://<IP>/mobile.wml” into your 2.5G WAP Browser. <IP> is the Public IP address of your IP camera.
4.1.32.5G Mobile Phone Browser Viewing
For 2.5G mobile phone viewing, type “http://<IP>/mobile.htm” into your 2.5G Web Browser. <IP> is the Public IP address of your IP camera.
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4.2Using IP Camera via iPhone
You can use TP-LINK Web User Interface via iPhone. Please follow the setting process below. Then you can use TP-LINK Web UI via iPhone.
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3. Enter name and password. Default values are both admin. Then click Log in
4. The TP-LINK User Interface and live image will show up in the middle of the screen.
) Note: It will show continuous snapshots
not a real time video streaming. Therefore, the recording feature is disabled.
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Chapter 5 Configuration of Main Menu
You would find that the illustrative web pages in this Manual are all orange. Please note that they're from our latest firmware, which can be downloaded from our website. Web pages in our previous firmware are blue.
On the leftmost column of the web-based management page are Setting, Client Setting, and
Image Setup. For more details, you can refer to Section 5.2 Setting, Section 5.3 Client Setting, Section 5.4 Image Setup.
Snapshot |
Full screen |
Video Play |
Audio button |
Zoom in / Out |
On the right column of the web-based management page, you can use Live View. There are four different functions which are Snapshot, Zoom, Audio and Video Play. You can see more details as follows.
5.1Live View
5.1.1 Snapshot
You can capture a still image shot by the camera and save it in your computer.
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5.1.2 Zoom in/out the image via the monitor window
zClick 
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zPull 
to adjust the digital zoom range, and it will be showed on the above window.
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5.1.3 Video play buttons
Symbols Meaning
Pause the current video
Play the video
Stop the current video
Record the current video
5.1.4 Audio buttons
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Microphone turned off
Volume control bar
5.2Setting
This function is only for the Administrator. Click this button to get into the Basic and Advance settings menus.
There are four sub-menus under the BASIC menu, which includes System, Camera, Network, and Security. For more information, you can refer to Section 6.1 System, Section 6.2 Camera, Section 6.3 Network and Section 6.4 Security.
There are eight sub-menus under the Advance menu, which includes FTP Client, SMTP, HTTP event, Alarm output, Schedule, Alarm input, Motion detection, and System Log. Fore more information, you can refer to Section 7.1, Section 7.2, Section 7.3, Section 7.4, Section 7.5, Section 7.6, Section 7.7 and Section 7.8.
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5.3Client Setting
This function is only for the client.
Click this button to configure the settings of IP Camera, which includes Mode, View size,
Protocol, and Video buffer.
5.3.1 Mode
Click the drop-down list to choose MPEG4, MJPEG and JPEG video compression mode.
)Note:
MJPEG streaming is unavailable if RTSP mode is On (Please check SETTING → BASIC → Camera → General).
5.3.2 View Size
Select the desired display image resolution to 640*480 or 320*240. It is suggested that you go to Client Setting to select a suitable View Size before using the IP camera as shown in the figure below. For the PC whose resolution is less than 1280*1024, View Size of 320*240 is recommended.
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5.3.3 Protocol
Select the transferring protocol from TCP, UDP, HTTP and Multicast.
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This item appears only when RSTP mode is enabled (selecting SETTING → BASIC → Camera
→ General).
5.3.4 Video Buffer
Turn the Video Buffer function ON / OFF. The Video Buffer function makes the streaming more smoothly in unsteady network environment, but might cause a little delay in live viewing.
5.4Image Setup
You can use the tool bar to optimize video Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Hue.
5.4.1 Brightness
The higher value the brightness is, the brighter the image is.
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5.4.2 Contrast
The contrast is a measure of a display system, defined as the ratio of white to black that the system is capable of producing. The higher value the contrast is, the more delicate color you can get.
5.4.3 Saturation
The saturation of a color is determined by a combination of light intensity and how much it is distributed across the spectrum of different wavelengths. The higher value the saturation is, the more colorful the image will be.
5.4.4 Hue
Hue is one of the three main attributes of perceived color, which is affected by different wavelength of color. With higher value of hue, color will be much more vivid.
5.4.5 Default
After the adjustment of all settings, you can still click Default to make the setting back to the factory default settings.
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Chapter 6 Setting-BASIC
Click BASIC to display the submenus including System, Camera, Network, and Security.
6.1System
Click System to display the submenus including Information, Date/Time, and Initialize.
6.1.1 Information
The Information page provides the basic information of the product which includes Product name, Firmware version and Web version.
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6.1.2 Date/Time
The Date/Time page displays all options of time setting.
¾Current date/time: Displays the current date and time of this IP Camera.
¾PC clock: Displays the date and time of the monitoring PC clock.
¾Date/time format: You can click the drop-down list to select different time display formats.
¾Adjust: You can select one of those four adjusting modes for your IP Camera.
zKeep current setting: Select this mode to keep the current date and time of this IP Camera.
zSynchronize with PC: Select this mode to keep the date and time of this IP Camera the same with the monitoring PC.
zManual setting: Select this mode to adjust manually the date and time of this IP Camera.
zSynchronize with NTP: Specify the NTP server name and the Refresh Interval to
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synchronize the date and time of this IP Camera with those of the time server, known as the NTP server.
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The NTP server (Network Time Protocol) is the time server which is an Internet standard protocol built on the top of TCP / IP. This assures accurate synchronization to the millisecond of computer clock time in a network of computers.
zTime zone: You can select the format from Greenwich Mean Time. The time displayed will be the same as the current date / time option.
zDaylight Saving Time (DST; also summer time in British English): It is the practice of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less. Here you can find the daylight saving time around the world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_around_the_world
6.1.3Initialize
¾Reboot: Click this button to reboot this IP Camera. A confirmation dialogue will appear and then click OK to process. It takes two minutes to reboot this IP Camera.
¾Factory default: Click this button to reset this IP Camera to the factory default settings. A confirmation dialogue will appear and then click OK to process. The network LED indicator on the IP Camera will start to blink. This IP Camera will reboot automatically after the restoring has been finished. Don't turn off this IP Camera during this process.
¾Backup setting data: You can save configuration setting data of this IP Camera into a file. Click Save and follow the instructions on the browser to save this setting data file to specified location.
¾Restore setting: Download the saved setting data of this IP Camera. Click Browse… and select the saved file. Click OK and this IP Camera is adjusted according to the loaded data and then restarted.
¾Firmware upgrade: Upgrade the device software. Click Browse… and select the file for upgrading. A confirmation dialogue will appear. Click OK to start. This IP Camera will reboot after upgrading has been finished.
)Note:
Use only upgrade files that are special for this IP Camera. Otherwise problems may occur. Don't
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